Patent SG-11201909461Y-A (SG)
Title: Conveyor transfer guards
Inventor: PETTINGA MARK STEVEN
IPC: B65G47/56
Filed: 2018-04-06
Abstract: B810 830 760 832A 816 824 FIG 46 812 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 18 October 2018 (18.10.2018) WIP0 I PCT omit IIl °nolo mu OH Oil noun oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/191122 Al (51) International Patent Classification: B65G 47/52 (2006.01) B65G 47/66 (2006.01) B65G 47/56 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/026505 (22) International Filing Date: 06 April 2018 (06.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/483,588 10 April 2017 (10.04.2017) US 62/503,118 08 May 2017 (08.05.2017) US (63) Related by continuation (CON) or continuation-in-part (CIP) to earlier application: US 15/483,588 (CIP) Filed on 10 April 2017 (10.04.2017) (71) Applicant: FLEXIBLE STEEL LACING COMPANY [US/US]; 2525 Wisconsin Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 (US). (72) Inventor: PETTINGA, Mark Steven; 5769 Marlin Av- enue, Hudsonville, Michigan 49426 (US). (74) Agent: KRATZ, Rudy et al.; Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flan- nery LLP, 120 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60603 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (54) Title: CONVEYOR TRANSFER GUARDS (57) : In one aspect, a transfer guard member having a body for being positioned in a gap intermediate conveying surfaces, an upper portion of the body for spanning the gap and outer portions of the upper body for slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces, and a pair of spaced, resilient legs having distal end portions for resiliently and slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces. In another aspect, a transfer guard member having a body and at least one attachment member of the body configured for being detachably fixed to a mounting bar. The body has at least one recess adjacent the attachment member for receiving at least one attachment member of another transfer guard member fixed to the mounting bar so that upper transfer surfaces of the attachment members are adjacent one another. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/191122 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMOHHOHOHOHOIREM MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))